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It's kind of odd that one of the main talking points on the right is that there isn't enough evidence to determine e.g. the long-term safety of puberty blockers
by senderista 1y ago
It's kind of odd that one of the main talking points on the right is that there isn't enough evidence to determine e.g. the long-term safety of puberty blockers, but then they want to defund all research investigating this question?
- pjc50 1y agoNo it isn't, when you understand that they're starting from the answer.
- matthewdgreen 1y agoMaintaining uncertainty has always been the goal of these ideological movements. That’s also why they’re so eager to slash NOAA and climate science. If you can’t see it coming, then you can’t vote to stop it.
- reverendsteveii 1y agoThis is really insightful and I hadn't realized it, but I can see where to some people there is value in being sure and wrong and that these conmen take advantage of the comforting nature of certainty regardless of correctness.
- Fomite 1y agoNot when you want to preserve it as a wedge issue.
- kelipso 1y agoGuess what the political biases of the people reviewing NIH proposals for funding are.